The novel indicates contemporary Chinese students' as well as lower class workers' confusion and current situation.

In the first part, the narrator recounts the carefree life of the leading character and Tie Niu in Shanghai.

During the time in the faction, actually, they didn't do anything antisocial, they just idled away and laughed, shouted and played.

But this part has a mysterious ending that Tie Niu disappeared in a certain summer holiday and no longer appeared.

In the second part, another important character Lao Xia appeared when the protagonist entered the university.

In the last part, the author describes Lao Qiang and the protagonist's lives as fake writers.

This book displays a lot of ugly realities in society and the author's criticism of teachers, colleges and some sophisticated literature masters.

Because of Han's kind of unique and sarcastic literary writing style, many people become enthusiastic about it as well as some foreigners.

Here's his recent speech about reform[8] This distinctive preface indeed reminds me of such a term cynicism whose father is a smart lunatic, philosopher Diogenes.